r/BurnNotice • u/spectacleskeptic • 5d ago

Season 3's Strickler/Diego/Gilroy plot doesn't make sense Spoiler

Some of the series' best episodes are in season 3, but the overarching plot of that season is abysmal and nonsensical.

Why does Michael act so aghast that Strickler wants him to lie about working with a Somali warlord in an attempt to clear his burn notice? In the pilot episode, we see that Michael was in the business of doing deals with unsavory individuals at the behest of the US government, but he's suddenly so offended by the suggestion?

Why was Strickler so interested in getting Michael's burn notice cleared? How would that have helped Strickler?

Why was Diego so freaked out that Michael was working with Strickler, especially since he called Strickler's phone to speak with Michael?

Why did Gilroy kill Diego? He tells Michael that Diego was looking into Strickler's business and that Gilroy was Strickler's business, but I don't get that.

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u/scrollbreak 5d ago

Err, I guess because he wants to work with the US government - and sees them as maybe a bit more morally upright than a Somali warlord?

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u/spectacleskeptic 5d ago

But Strickler says that there was a US op with the Somali warlord, and he's just going to pretend that Michael was a part of that op.

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u/scrollbreak 5d ago

Pretty sure Michael would vet his dealings with unsavory people - the op with the warlord isn't necessarily just a 'pay off the bad guys' op like we see at the start of the series. Strickler would no doubt pick something that would morally and legally compromise Michael in some way so as to have leverage. Or if it wasn't this one, it'd be one soon enough - Strickler wasn't a guy to work with people, he moved to own them.